Home Tour 2013 {All Things Thrifty}

I am honored to be included in the Summer Tour of Homes hosted by the Shabby Creek Cottage, where bloggers will be sharing their homes as a part of the event all week long. Call it a parade of homes of sorts.

So if you are visiting from Just a Girl, sit down relax, and pull up a chair we are about to get crazy! If you landed here from somewhere else, I’m thrilled to have you!WELCOME to All Things Thrifty!!! If this is your first time around here, you are lucky my house was clean today because if I would have taken most of these pictures yesterday it would have been laced with laundry in every nook and cranny of the house. Luckily Gina invited me to participate, so I got off my butt and cleaned up. This may or may not describe my life to a T:

I remember one instance in particular that I put the dirty dishes in the oven…yep, that was not my proudest moment. So, you should feel pretty privileged since I cleaned the house, just for you! Don’t get used to it. This Mom of 4 barely brushes her teeth these days.

Believe me our home is far from perfect, and I’m sure you’ll be able to catch a glimpse of painters’ tape on the wall from 6 months ago, hand prints on the windows, and kids sneaking into a few pictures. After all, asking them to “stay out of the picture” 15 times apparently isn’t enough.

Just for kicks, I added a few “before” photos just for your enjoyment. We have changed our home several times over the last 4 years, so if you are a long time reader, you know that we are currently overhauling several rooms as we speak! I hope you see something you like so you will stick around!

Yes this is really the outside of our home {although it would be pretty darn easy for me to take a picture of our next door neighbor’s house wouldn’t’ it!!?!”} HA!

When we moved in, our home was a tan cave. The walls were tan, the ceiling was tan, the carpet was tan….I was SURROUNDED WITH TAN!!!!!

As you can see, in our entryway project, the tan is no more! As you walk into the next room, the tan was overwhelming. This is what it looked like upon move in…

I went through a stage of orange a while back, so if you want to check out this room in all it’s orange stenciling glory by all means, check it out!

Our new theme for our home is “creating calm.” So we recently changed the beige/orange to grey! We are crazy busy, and I’m sure you can relate. We rarely get the chance to breath, and I wanted our home to be a place we can relax in! So our new color scheme is the first attempt at “creating calm.”

Our mantle is one of our favorite projects ever! We built it out of barn wood from my sister’s barn. No kidding. I love it in all it’s chippy glory!

These four yay-whos are the reason I don’t get to shower on most days. If they would learn to vacuum and do laundry that would be super helpful. Two years old isn’t too young is it? J/K….kind of. Isn’t it CRAZY that we have a redhead, a brunette, AND two blondies? I get asked a lot about the milk man.

I’m terrified of heights, so I may or may not have photo-shopped the letters on just for you. What I really need is a marquee sign pole with a suction cup to change the letters! Just pretend it’s legit, k?

The ,movie theater sign even has a chaser so the lights are pretty snazzy {or they cause an instant migraine, whichever you want to focus on!} Either way, it’s definitely a conversation piece! Yes, I photo-shopped on the letters once again. You’re welcome.

Our kitchen was pretty boring when we moved in too. Here’s proof:

I’m sure you guessed that we painted it ORANGE after we moved in! So, check it out if you want! But now it’s a calm Sherwin Williams Raindrop blue. Painting over the orange was one of the easiest decisions of my life. We even made a video of the process. I was ready for a change, but I’m also the person who grows out my hair for five years just to chop it all off for a drastic change.

To see the entire blue kitchen transformation post, check it out HERE.

The mismatched chairs around the kitchen table was one of my first projects ever around here! They have been painted a few times since we started, but that’s a given! The kitchen signs above the table are super fun, and I wish you could see them better in this picture!

Now you have to give me a little break because, I’m putting it all out there…I decorated the girls’ room after we moved in, and believe it or not, I thought it was darling at the time. In all honesty, I now know the girls’ room was NOT cute! HA.

But, that’s ok because it sure is now! My daughter Oaklyn just said to me, “MOM, my room was so BARE before, and now it’s BEAUTIFUL.” It made my night. I’m glad she likes it! It kind of signifies how far I’ve come in my own little way. I pretty much love it.

My hubby Dan used to get all huffy and puffy when I asked him to do a project and after four years of it, he has finally gotten used to the idea. HA! He cut these bad boys out for me with a jigsaw. He rocks, doesn’t he!?!

Brooke~Your home is beautiful! Inside and out. I absolutely love the matinee sign. That is so COOL! I also love your kitchen chandelier over the eat in. How clever is that??!! Thank you so much for sharing. Great inspiration! ~Linda

Look at what you’ve done!! I think that outside wall is still my favorite project you’ve come up with, but the colors are what make your house. I am so with you on the last 10 minutes before someone comes over 🙂

I am amazed at your color choices, your creative ability & your talent. I would love to live in your home. To me, your home feels so bright & cheerie, yet warm & inviting all in one. I wish you well with all your future endeavors.

Hi Marne,
We LOVE it! My husband is certified in pool chemicals, so he treats the water like a regular pool. So, it’s very low in cost for us. I’d be happy to have him do a post about pool maintenance if that is something people are interested in!

I have ALWAYS been inspired by everything you do. Your home tour has just blown my mind as to how amazing it is! I love EVERY detail about it. We have been thinking of painting a wall in one of our rooms and am having a tough time picking out just the right grey color. May I ask which color and brand is the grey you painted in your living room? THANK YOU!

LOVE. Love. Love it all! I cracked up about the 3yrs=30yrs because I totally agree. It’s always time to redo something! Going to multicolor paint my kitchen chairs for sure now! I think your little pantry door is dying to be the lime green color of your chairs. It just has to be. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

Love your creativity–just purchased a home and would love to make it have it be a calming atmosphere.
What color grey did you use in the living room. Maybe you mention it in your blog but I did not read it.

I LOVE your blog. Just found you, but will be back to see more. I Love your house. I really like the Trampoline in the ground….less chance of broken arms. LOL!!!! Can you tell me the color that you painted your Living Room….it looks like a Grat color. Is that correct?

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